Now that the rush and stress of fashion show left behind, we sat down with Brett Ida who worked at Pascale Swim fashion show this January. Brett is a Toronto based talented photographer. His company Idamagine Photography has a wide variety of services with experience in fashion, glamour, portrait photography and much more. In a private conversation we learned more about Brett’s inspirations and future plans.Pascale Swim: When did you get your first camera? What thoughts did it bring? What inspired this step?Brett Ida: I can blame my love for photography on Zaheer Molu of www.zmolu.com. He was our wedding photographer and is simply amazing. I was fascinated with how he could create such captivating images. From that, my first camera was a Nikon D90.PS: What is your best fashion project to date?Brett: Canada Philippine Fashion Week 2014 was great experience. Many creative people came together to put on a very classy fashion week to showcase various fashion designers, but also to raise awareness and money for their charity. It was a nice example of how fashion can be more than just fashion.PS: Best person or model that you worked in the past year?Brett: There are so many talented people in the industry, but Marina Pascale has been really great to work with and embraces her people around her. I have recently only worked with her on her latest show but she is full of energy and has a great eye for fashion!PS: Any exciting projects you are working on at the moment?Brett: Will be shooting a personal project with a local fashion designer. I always like to have a personal project in the works that I can be more creative with. I can experiment with different techniques which keeps things interesting!PS: Any advice for beginner photographers?Brett: Shoot different things, don’t stick to one genre too early. You can take many things from one genre and apply them to another. Makes you more versatile.PS: What is your favourite photographer whom you look up to?Brett: Lindsay Adler, fashion photographer, has been a big inspiration for me lately.PS: If it would have a chance to pick a celebrity models or a star that you would like to shoot with, who would that be?Brett: It would have to be Coco Rocha, the “queen of posing”, although she is very pregnant now! That would make for an interesting shoot!PS: Any famous photographers that you would like to sit down for a 30 minutes conversation?Brett: Joe McNally, he has been around for so long. His breadth of experience is phenomenal.PS: What is your favourite fashion magazine?Brett: I don’t really have one, there is a lot of new media out there now showcasing great fashion.

On this note, we thank Brett for the insightful discussion and with him a creative year ahead. We thank you for the great photography and your support at the fashion show and hope to working with you in the future,